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Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund

Accepts applications Buffalo, New York · EIN 256641692

Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund is a private foundation in Buffalo, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $5,060 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $2,530 and the largest $2,530. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $5,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4,6902$124,409
2024$5,0002$126,184
2025$5,0602$134,341

How to apply

ContactReading Musical Foundation
Pobox 14835, Reading, PA 19612
Phone or email(800) 278-5141
What to submitLetter
RestrictionsOne half of income to reading musical foundation. Other half to graduating student in reading/berks cty area accepted to college/univ or qual music school major in voice or piano

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts1$2,530
Pennsylvania1$2,530

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MA
Scholarship$2,530
Reading Musical Foundation
Reading, PA
General support$2,530

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund give?

$5,060 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $2,530.

Who runs Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists M T Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Kathryn Schiffner Music Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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